Sopel's Soapbox
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Sopel's Soapbox
Follow this year’s extraordinary US presidential race with the BBC’s Jon Sopel in Washington.
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The Final Sopel's Soapbox
President Donald Trump has just completed his first week in the Oval Office. He's been busy - swiftly signing a handful of executive orders, undoing s...
Bracing
If you listen to Donald Trump's speeches, it's all about deals. So how will this play out in the world of international diplomacy?
Jon Sopel ta...
Out With the Old
Barack Obama leaves with a squeaky clean reputation - in terms of personality, at least. In terms of policy President Obama himself says "The United S...
Adversaries... Continued
President-Elect Donald Trump made it clear throughout his campaign that he’s no lover of the press – he banned the Washington Post from attending rall...
Conflicts of Interest and Russia
"Mr Trump is choosing to be wilfully ignorant of events around the world," says Tim Weiner, a journalist specialising in security issues and author of...
The Supreme Court
"The Supreme Court ends up having the last word on a lot of issues that people care deeply about that affect their religious beliefs and moral beliefs...
Populism - With Guest Tony Blair
"It's only if centre ground, and the centre left particularly, are changemakers not guardians of the status quo, that we'll succeed. Otherwise... the...
Reconciling
"I want admirable, intelligent, prudential people in important slots, because we're not playing tiddlywinks here. This is the Presidency of the United...
Why the Democrats Fared as They Did
"This is the worst situation that Democrats have been in in my entire life. Not only have they lost the Presidency, both houses of Congress, Trump imm...
Hopes and Fears
"I think a lot of the backlash is against the uncertainty. We have no idea what's coming," says one student protester.
An increase in hate crim...
What a Week
People scoffed, the pollsters dismissed it, the media thought better, the world is shocked - Donald Trump is President elect of the United States.
A Hard Race
"The FBI is not to be used for political purposes and he should realise he was being used for just that."
Jon Sopel speaks to Richard Painter, f...
Divided States of America
This week marked the start of early voting for many key states, and millions of Americans visited their local polling station to cast their votes for...
Jaw-dropping
This week Jon Sopel looks at how a video of Donald Trump bragging about groping women and accusations of sexual assault in a New York Times article ha...
A Taxing Week
"On a dozen counts you would say Donald Trump should be out of this race, but he's not."
Donald Trump’s week was marked by a New York Times stor...
The Psychology of the Presidential Debate
Light-hearted and deeply analytical, this podcast is both. "Lord help us. We need prayer. Cos we're in trouble," says one voter on the programme.